Sir Alex Ferguson Criticism

Title: Best Manager or Local champion? Once again the immortal coach and Manager Sir Alex Ferguson will be celebrating his 25th anniversary as Manchester United’s Manager in November. As a United football fan, I can’t be short of words to say about a man who has been winning trophies for my club 6 years before I was born till date. In July, he just added United’s 19th league title – one ahead of rivals Liverpool. You can’t therefore protest the Knighthood given to him by her majesty, Queen Elizabeth. Like many journalists will put it, he has defied age and mortality of the game. This has led to a term coined after him known as “Fergie Time’- a phrase now common in England that describes the elastic interval that ensues after a match or event is supposed to have ended, but in fact, continues. Perhaps the major admirable secret to Ferguson’s success is his courage to maintain a standard legacy of being in absolute control of the team; booting out any player of any caliber that tows his way out of the part he has designed. He calls it the “my way or the highway” doctrine, meaning no player is bigger than the club or his orders and wants. This has led to the departure of several players of utmost importance to the club who were either been a talisman or playmaker of the team at those particular point in time ranging from everybody’s celebrity David Beckham to the Rock of the team’s defensive line Jaap Stam and even ever hungry goal scoring striker Van Nistelrooy to list a few.` Another enviable qualities of the coach is his ability to groom young players into...

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After a defeat, Ferguson will analyse the match to find out exactly what went wrong. An example of a match analysis can be found in his book The Ultimate Treble. After a 3-1 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday, he wrote that United could not afford to underperform and that it must never allow its standards to fall (Ferguson & Meek, 2000, p. 61). It is common knowledge that players who do not perform well are subjected to Fergusons infamous hairdryer treatment, in which he stands in front of the player and shouts in his face (Ryan, 2002, para. 3).
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SirAlexFerguson is the most successful manager in British football history - winning more than 30 trophies during his time in charge of the Reds. Yet despite more than two decades at the Manchester United's helm, he remains focused on increasing that tally, bringing yet more silverware to Old Trafford.
The Reds boss enjoyed a playing career north of the England border that saw him take in spells with Queens Park, St. Johnstone, Dunfermline, Glasgow Rangers Falkirk and Ayrshire United. But it is not for his playing of the game that SirAlex was to become a success. Following a spell out of the game he moved into coaching, taking up the role of manager of East Stirlingshire, St Mirren then Aberdeen. It was his time at Pittodrie where he earned his reputation as a top coach. He broke the Glasgow dominance of Scottish football to lead Aberdeen to three Scottish titles, four Scottish cups, one League Cup and one Europeans Cup Winners' Cup.
Following the sacking of Ron Atkinsons as manager of Manchester United, the Old Trafford hierachy moed quickly for his services. They got their man on 6 November 1986. Ferguson inherited a dispirited team of underachievers who had consitently, to their supporters failed to break Liverpool dominance to their supporters discontent....

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Deng Jun
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TUC-FIU program
Fall 2010
HFT 4295 Leadership in Hospitality Industry
Abstract
This paper explores the leadership of AlexFerguson, and how to apply to hospitality industry. Besides offering the background information about AlexFerguson, the paper list three Ferguson’s leadership traits and leadership behavior to illustrate how Ferguson’s leadership lead Manchester United success. Next, the paper concentrates on analyzing the application of Ferguson’s leadership to hospitality industry and then summarizes the benefits to hospitality industry. Finally, the paper draw conclusion to confirm the positive effect that Ferguson’s leadership bring to hospitality industry.
Introduction
AlexFerguson is already a legend in football. With the countless champions and incredible coaching record for one football club, AlexFerguson has assured himself of a place on any list of the most successful managers(coach for the football club is called manager in Britain) in the history of British and worldwide football. By his successful leading and careful fostering over 20 years, Manchester United foot ball club become the one of top teams in Europe from perennial underachievers. Despite almost two decades at the Manchester United F.C he remains focused on...

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SIRALEXFERGUSONSirAlexFerguson was born in 1941 in Govan, Scotland. A goal-scoring centre-forward, he was later
transferred to Rangers, the club he supported from boyhood, for a Scottish record fee of £65,000.
Entering management in 1974, he served East Stirlingshire and St Mirren before guiding Aberdeen to
victory in the 1982–83 Cup Winners’ Cup. Arriving at Manchester United in 1986, he brought them 38
trophies, including the Club World Cup, two Champions Leagues, 13 Premier Leagues and five FA
Cups. His overall haul of 49 trophies made him the most successful British manager of all time.
Knighted in 1999, SirAlex announced his retirement in 2013, when United were again crowned
Premier League champions. At the age of 71, he continues to serve United as a director.
PAUL HAYWARD
Paul Hayward is the Daily Telegraph’s Chief Sports Writer. He was twice named Sports Writer of the
Year in the British Press Awards and is the current Sports Journalist of the Year in the Sports
Journalists’ Association (SJA) category. He has covered most of the world’s major sporting events. In
2004 he co-wrote the autobiography of the footballer Michael Owen and a year later worked with Sir
Bobby Robson on his life story, Farewell but not Goodbye.
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